Additional Info
| Field | Value |
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| Data last updated | unknown |
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| Format | text/csv |
| Licence | UK Open Government Licence (OGL) |
Data Dictionary
| Column | Title | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRESC_ICB_NAME | ICB Name | string | The name of the Integrated Care Board (ICB) associated with the prescribing organisation. |
| GENDER | Gender | string | Patient gender has been reported using the latest patient gender information held by the NHSBSA Information Services data warehouse at the time that the data was extracted. This uses information from either the most recent Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) message or from the last time that NHSBSA received data about the patient's gender from NHS Personal Demographics Service. Gender is either: Male, Female, Not Known (where no information is held) or Indeterminate (where information is held which does not confirm either Male or Female). |
| UNIQUE_PATIENTS | Unique Patients | number | A count of identified patients whose NHS Number was recorded during prescription processing, where each patient is counted once per row in which they appear, regardless of the number of prescriptions matching these criteria. |